I believe you should be fine. You should be able to find at least a studio apartment that is around 500 euros a month...even on the outskirts of Paris you can find this. I have a friend near Paris that earns that much and lives very well.

I hope the 1500 euros is a net salary. However, I do not agree with Rogan's assessment of the rental situation here. I just found a nice, albeit small, studio in the 6ième arrondisement (centre of Paris) for 580 euros per month. You may have to search quite a bit, but you can find something reasonable. Agencies are a good idea if you are willing to pay the two months caution.

I was offered a gross salary of 1500 Euros per month at Inlingua in northern France. After taxes, it goes down by nearly one third, but anyways, finding a good studio apartment for 335 Euros/month wasn't difficult, as well as making ends meet on this salary. I feel sorry for most of my colleagues though, as most of them work by the hour. It makes me feel like I might have lucked in by not getting paid by the hour, as I would not want to go through all the hoops and ladders that they have to go through over hours worked and making sure that they get paid for all of them.

I was in Paris a while ago.1500 Euros/month gross is an insult.1000 Euros net and a flat that will cost you 600 of them.Don't work in any European capital for that,you'd be better off in Pizza Hut.You will be broke.

Micro67,
What's wrong with the TEFL Cert? And what is the IELTS Testing Cert?

Nothing is wrong with it, but I think - in retrospect - that my options would have been more open with the CERTA. It is just more respected. The IELTS Testing Certification makes you qualified to administer the IELTS exam, which is what a number of students have to take to get into Western universities. Check the British Council in your area for more info on this and some other qualifications you can pick up.